<TITLE>24. Par 285-293</TITLE>L-285   What do you look like? What are you following? What have we done? You must choose your leader. Choose today. You choose Life or death. Your choice will determine your Eternal destination, what you choose. Remember, Jesus said, "Follow Me." And you're invited tonight to do so. And to follow Him to Eternal Life you must come on His terms, that's right, the Word. Not upon the creed, not upon the public opinion, not upon what anybody else thinks about It, but on what God said about It.

L-286 You say, "Well, Brother Branham, I know a woman just as good as she can be, she does this. I know a man that went through this."

L-287 I can't help what they done. God's Word, He said, "Let every man's word be a lie, and Mine be the Truth." You've got to come on His terms, come on His conditions, the Word. You cannot come through creed. You cannot come through denomination. You cannot mix It like that. There's only one thing you can do: accept It on His terms, that you're willing to die to yourself and all your thoughts, and follow Him. "Get rid of all the things of the world, and follow Me."

L-288   I know that's a stern, cutting Message, brother. But I didn't come here and choose a--a message to the people just to try to make them sing, shout, holler. I been in heathen meetings where they done the same thing. I'm interested in your life. I'm a servant of God that's got to answer to God someday, and the ministry that the Lord has given me has vindicated itself thousands of times before you.

L-289 Remember, Jesus said, "Follow Me. Follow Me. Get rid of what you got, and follow Me." And that's the only way to have Eternal Life. That's the only remedy He give this man, was the only remedy He give this businessman, it's the only remedy He gives anybody. His choice, He makes His decision, it's perfect every time. And we must follow Him, is the only way to have Eternal Life. So the leadership of God is: follow the vindicated Word of the hour by the Holy Ghost.
Let us bow our heads:

L-290   I'm going to ask you a question, and I want you to be real sincere. I want the sister to play this for me, I Can Hear My Saviour Calling. I know it's an old-time altar call. And brother, sister, as we see, just look what's going on today. Now with your heads bowed, just think for a minute, look what's taking place.

L-291 Did you read the newspaper last week what that man in England said? That "The crucifixion of Jesus Christ was only a fake, it was only fixed up between Pilate and Him."

L-292 Did you see what this American theologian said? He said that "Jesus was just put to sleep on mandrake weed." Many of you theologians know, back there in Genesis where it talked of the mandrake weed. It'll put you to sleep like you're dead, your heart hardly beats for two or three days at a time. "And when they give Him the vinegar and gall," they said, "that was mandrake weed. And they put Him up there in the tomb, and He slept up there for three days. And, of course, when they went up there, they found Him walking, around." Could you imagine that? Theologians, seminaries, make-belief. Then how in the world... First place, the Bible said He refused it, when they put the vinegar and gall in His mouth.

L-293 And another thing, if that be so, then why did those disciples "who come and stole Him away," why did they give their life in martyrdom for Him? And fell, counted theirself not even worthy to die like He died; turned them upside down and sideways on the crosses and things. And if they were... knowed that He was a hypocrite and them ownselves being hypocrites, how would they have give their life for Him like that?


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